On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Allen, Jack wrote:
> When I do "vgdisplay -v" or pvdisplay to see the PV, why is part
> of the PV not usable?
>
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/sdd1
> VG Name vg01
> PV Size 10.00 GB / not usable 3.98 MB
Because the PV is divided into Physical Extents (PEs) of a fixed size.
Thus, you may waste up to just short of one PE to gain the flexibility
LVM offers. Your PV is .02 PE short of 2560 PEs.
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